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BULLETIN" 3, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
In Table XXI the subsequent operation of spreading manure from 
piles previously placed in the field is arranged by the size of the piles, 
the percentage reporting each size being also given. Compari- 
son of this table with the similar operation of spreading lime from 
piles (Table XXIII) reveals the same general features. In each an 
increase in the size of piles is accompanied by a decrease in the number 
spread and an increase in the number of bushels spread in a day. 
Piles containing about 6 bushels are most common, while smaller piles 
averaging 3 bushels each are more frequent than those containing 
over 10 bushels. 
Table XXI. — A normal day's work in spreading manure from piles with a fork by one 
man. 
[Net hours in the day, 9.57.] 
Size of piles. 
Spread per day. 
Nnmber ! ^fjf 
Range. 
Average. 
Piles. 
Bushels. 
—aged. ™* m 
Bushels. 
2.99 
5.70 
10.18 
199 
147 
102 
595 
842 
1.047 
166 37 
200 44 
10 to 14 bushels . . 
88 ! 19 
In many respects the data for the several operations in handling 
manure are less satisfactory and lack uniformity to an extent not 
found in any other operation reported on. For this arduous work 
there appears to have developed among farmers less definite ideas 
than might be expected as to what constitutes a fair amount of work 
for the respective processes. The great variation in the character and 
weight of the material handled doubtless complicates the problem 
of forming definite conclusions regarding these operations, while the 
practice of doing work of this character at times when other work is 
not pressing doubtless operates to make unnecessary the formation of 
definite ideas regarding a fair dav's work. 
SPREADING LIME AND FERTILIZER. 
The data for spreading lime by hand from a wagon box are pre- 
sented in Table XXII, averaged according to the size of load. While 
the number in the respective averages is limited, the table shows 
anticipated relations between the size of load and the number of loads 
handled daily. Those hauling the larger loads are able to spread 
greater quantities in a day, but can not haul so many loads. 
